October Sky Newswire

Homer Hickam, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book ROCKET BOYS, which was adapted into the 1999 film OCTOBER SKY starring Jake Gyllenhall, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern, has signed with Gravity Squared Entertainment for film & TV representation. Homer, a Vietnam combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient, has also been a coal miner, scuba instructor, NASA engineer, and a paleontologist, finding two Tyrannosaurus Rex's himself.
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... American actress and producer who has starred in some of the most well-known films, including Jurassic Park, October Sky, Wild, and The Fault in Our Stars. Most recently, she won an Emmy award for the wildly popular HBO mini-series Big Little Lies. ...
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Odds & Ends: Watch The Lion King 's Simba Visit Real Lions at the Bronx Zoo, October Sky Musical to Receive Lab Production & More Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Watch The Lion King 's Simba Visit Real Lions at the Bronx Zoo Disney's hit musical The Lion King is getting super meta! The long-running show's charming Simba, Jelani Remy, dug a bit deeper into his character work with a recent visit to The Bronx Zoo.
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... become known as the "Rocket Boys" and would later be the subject of a book by that name and of the 1999 movie "October Sky." On Wednesday, Cooke, a retired banker, talked at the Reynolds Homestead about growing up in Coalwood, overcoming obstacles ...
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